Archive | February, 2009

Does the Moon Influence Tomato Growth?

12 Feb

Well yes it can.  Anyone who sees the tides change due to the pull of the Moon’s gravity on earth will not doubt the lunar influence on daily life. Similarly you can observe the same rhythms in the rising and falling of sap in plants, in changes in weather and rainfall. What are the lunar […]

Why Grow Tomatoes Organically and How to Do It

5 Feb

organic gardening

Growing Tomatoes Organically Organic gardening has often been thought of as the preserve of eccentrics who refused to accept the self-evident truth that progress had transformed the ancient art of gardening. Why did they fiddle around with compost and garlic spray when modern fertilizers and insecticides were so much more efficient and easier to use? […]